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  mid semester check-in all about my classes

  

    6.006(6.1210): Introduction to Algorithms  21W.771: Advanced Poetry ... the class I liked the least but mostly because I wanted to take all of ... this semester, so I have to take the seminar"]Undergraduate Teaching

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • October 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Week Robot and sports and owls, oh my

  

  It’s been a whirlwind of a week. I initially planned for this post to ... to wrap up.  At least when you take an exam you know that, for better or worse, it’s going to be over in three hours.  Projects, however

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • December 9, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  done done done end-of-semester happiness

  

  classes, i've ended up reducing the problems to mathematical manipulations ... (gender and media studies), for which i got to write a final paper about the cosmetics brand Glossier. the paper is here. protip: if you want to stop

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • May 24, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Brains, Voltaire’s Son, and Other MIT Things Notes from the Start of Junior Year

  

  , I’m just so glad, happy, elated, delighted to be here with people I’m already in love with and in a place I’m so proud to call home. (Alexa J. ‘20 ... despite everything, it’s hardest to leave. So what’s the third year like

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 16, 2016
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Climb Every Mountain: a Guest Blog Post by Davie R. ‘12 Davie R.: MOTH HUNTER.

  

  view, we were alone. The only people crazy enough to camp on the mountaintop were those who would travel to Brazil to study insects ... Berlin, Germany, and now am back at MIT to start a Ph.D. in Applied

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 28, 2014
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Week of Music Eight bands in nine days, and I still missed five performances.

  

  call the other and put the phone on loudspeaker to spread the joy ... ways, I was extremely jealous of him. He gets to spend the next four ... then we headed back to our rooms. As we crossed Sixth Street the angelic

  • by Ahmed H. '12
  • October 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  What YOU’RE Doing This Summer! Do yourself a favor and watch this! Make sure you're not doing anything for the…

  

  On Monday, I got to see a pacemaker insertion surgery, eat lunch in ... , Course VII '76, who went to MIT when West Campus went only as far as Mac ... unofficial Course XIX still lives on to the present day). I met Dr. Lee last

  • by Chris S. '11
  • July 24, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Unlike any other. [by Nathan Kipniss '14] "Welcome to the Gardner"

  

  advantage of a new opportunity that allows MIT students to visit the Isabella ... them as stipulated in her will. This rule is followed to the extent that ... captivating and irresistible. I had to resist taking photos though, because it

  • by ARTalk
  • April 28, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Media That Makes Me Feel Okay School's out! Time to get distracted :D

  

  confusing if I didn’t tell you that I made the last-minute decision to move back to my hometown for the summer. For those who’ve been following my blogs, I actually moved to Maine with some friends when we first got

  • by Powers '23
  • May 30, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  Chang Ning District, Shanghai 上海，长宁区

  

  Shout out to the MIT VPN for helping me climb the Great Firewall ... summer--researching at the Media Lab and going to Ethiopia for the water ... choice in going back to China. But I felt a pang of both regret and longing

  • by Selam G. '18
  • June 4, 2016
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I’m sitting at work right now Seems like as good a time as any to bang out a quick blog post

  

  It occurs to me that I haven't told you much about what I'm doing ... to it. So, here's a snapshot of what I'm doing RIGHT NOW, at 11:52am on ... walked out of the room to talk with his supervisor), Stephen sitting across

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2012
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Worlds within worlds

  

  I hear Early Action decisions went out. Congrats to those of you who ... you who get in will get to come to CPW. And some of you might have already visited overnight. You'll get to stay with a student, or a house

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • December 14, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Calculating a Quantitative Snapshot of Fall Semester Skip to the end for a picture of peas

  

  apparently like listening to Stomp Pop and Brostep?), I’ve compiled some ... – perhaps misguided – attempt to sum it all up in a quantitative manner ... that I closed my eyes to go to sleep and the moment that I woke up. There

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 20, 2015
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Live from Reg Day Somewhere between meetings 5 and 6

  

  with their advisors to sign up for classes. The day before the first day ... stressfully large percentage of student organizations decides to have The First Meeting Of The Year. I woke up at 8:30 to my alarm, turned it off, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 3, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Giant Cows Eat Venus; Earth Next Breaking apart and growing, fireworks, and a story

  

  report back to base. Clouds covered the world thousands of miles below, where two summer interns were supposed to be observing the century's last ... ? When was it supposed to start?” “Half an hour ago,” said the other. They

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • July 25, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  40 Hours in Cape Cod Take note, I typed this entire post with a broken shift key. Please appreciate the…

  

  On the first night of my mandatory vacation, I walked to the beach with the taste of fresh complaints in my mouth, trying to wrestle down ... child to the pika alumni trust fund and spending one fine weekend in early

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • March 27, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Challenge of Public Health Sometimes science and engineering only come so far.

  

  write something about what I'm doing. =p This really has nothing to do ... surveys, debated in health discussions, helped the clinic to fundraise ... reform debate prior to this summer (and I'm still learning). Growing up

  • by Chris S. '11
  • August 4, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  One year later MIT is like a surprise birthday party, but without the birthday or the party.

  

  , drippy weather at the time with hardly an ounce of sunlight to spare, and the hotel failed to serve bagels in the morning. I did a campus tour ... Books. On the semi-bright side, I had signed up for an overnight visit to

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 29, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Snowy Birthday Party the #IAParty2011 is just beginning

  

  birthday celebration. Alumni and community from all over are making trips to Cambridge to see and remember all the great things that have come out of our ... months now to gather all the history and artifacts they can muster to make

  • by Cydnie T. '12
  • January 18, 2011
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  An Art UROP and an Animation Job Yes, these exist here!

  

  UROPing is a very MIT thing to do. “91% of MIT graduating seniors ... MIT, we knew we wanted to UROP at least once in our time here, because ... -bucket-list thing to do.  But, we also didn’t want to UROP just to UROP. We wanted to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • December 13, 2018